When the Chinese team was attacking, right back Yuan Da crossed the center line and received the ball from Xia Xiaoyu.
Facing Portugal's layers of defense, he did not choose to dribble the ball forward, but directly passed the ball forward.
A high pass from a 45-degree angle!
Center forward Zhou Zijing turned around, with his back to the direction of attack, and first used his body to resist the Portuguese center back Joao Valente behind him.
Then he used his chest to pass the football to Luo Kai who was cutting inside.
Luo Kai tried to pass the football into the penalty area, but was pressed closely by Portuguese left back Nunez Pereira and failed.
He could only stop and protect the football.
Then... suddenly half-turned and passed the football into the penalty area with his right foot!
Hu Lai came out from behind Zhou Zijing, received the ball behind the entire Portuguese defense, turned around and shot!
Portugal goalkeeper Ze Ferreira fell to the ground and dived sideways, but failed to save the ball!
However, the football also rubbed the outside of the back goalpost and rolled out of the bottom line...
The Chinese and Portuguese fans in the stands exclaimed at the same time.
At the same time, the referee blew his whistle and raised his arms to indicate that the Chinese team's attack was offside.
If you just watch the live broadcast on TV, you will definitely ignore this whistle, because the momentum at the scene is really too great.
Fortunately, the TV live broadcast quickly cut to the referee's side, and then cut to the VAR judgment shot of the attack just now.
Sure enough, at the moment when Luo Kai passed the ball, Hu Lai leaned forward half of his body...
"Ah, it's offside!" Chinese commentator He Feng didn't sound very regretful, because the goal didn't go in anyway...
The Portuguese commentator was a bit concerned: "Our defenders must be more vigilant in defense. Don't think that it is enough to prevent them from attacking once. Be careful of the Chinese team's continuous attacks! This time we are lucky, next time we will be better
Not necessarily!”
The neutral commentators cheered:
"The game has only started twenty minutes, and both sides have already had a very threatening attack! Previously, it was Barea's long shot that changed the line, but was blocked by the Chinese team's goalkeeper with his foot. This time, the Chinese team's shot was offside.
First..."
"Except for these two threatening shots, both sides played very proactively, and it was very lively. Judging from the 20 minutes of the game, both teams really wanted to beat each other... Such a game
It must look good!”
Just like what these commentators said, both teams played very openly after the game started and did not become cautious and conservative because this was a game related to the first place in the group and the right to qualify.
Also open are the competitions between Iceland and Peru.
Especially the Icelandic team that wanted to qualify. They launched a fierce offensive against Peru from the beginning. It was impossible to connect such a team with the team that set up a bus in the opening game.
As for Peru...they have all been eliminated anyway, so there is no need to defend. South American football naturally likes to attack, and so does Peru.
These two simultaneous games each have their own highlights.
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Because Luisinho started in this game, Ricardo Barea became the starting center.
He often plays this position in Tramed and is no stranger to it.
Standing 1.87 meters tall, he has speed, skills, and body. After years of honing his shooting skills, it would be a waste to only stay on the wing.
Portugal's offense is simple and direct - they find Ricardo Barea with long passes in the backcourt, and then use him to fight for the first place, leaving the football to other teammates.
Barea passed the football to Luisinho, who received the ball and dribbled it forward.
The Chinese team's right back Yuan Da is waiting in front of him.
Facing Yuan Da's defense, Luisinho accelerated and rushed towards the Chinese team's penalty area.
Yuan Da moved to the middle to intercept, and he immediately used an emergency stop to change direction and dribble toward the baseline.
Yuan Da tried to chase him again, but he was already half way away.
The Portuguese fans in the stands cheered loudly and cheered for Luisinho.
The latter caught up with the football and swung his feet to make a direct pass.
Yuan Da, who was desperately trying to catch up, saw this and immediately rushed over, intending to use his body to block the cross.
It turned out that Luisinho's move was a fake move. After swinging his left foot, he made a fake shot and lightly tapped the football to stop it.
Yuan Da rushed past him and the football...
"Oh! What a beautiful escape!" Commentators from various countries praised it one after another.
As a neutral party, they don't care who advances and who comes first, they just want to see Luisinho's performance to please the fans.
However, although Luisinho pleased the neutral audience, he also lost the opportunity to cross the ball in the first place.
After he passed Yuan Da, Luo Kai also rushed over.
Luisinho tried to pass Luo Kai through his crotch, but the opponent was already prepared and blocked the football with his legs together.
Luisinho had already passed by Luo Kai, so he could only turn around and grab him.
Luo Kai caught up with the football, and Luisinho's counterattack also arrived.
The Portuguese winger stretched out his foot to poke the ball, but Luo Kai used his right foot to pull the football back, and the ball went right between Luisinho's legs!
The stands erupted into even louder cheers than before.
The commentators were even more excited.
"Wow!
Roquet! He wore Luisinho's crotch!"
"Luo——! Goose girl!"
"On the edge of the Chinese team's penalty area, Luo still dared to play like this! How bold!"
Luisinho looked back and saw the football rolling back into the penalty area. He tried to turn around but it was too late.
He could only watch Luo Kai turn around and regain control of the football.
Luisinho looked at Luo Kai's back and reflexively remembered what captain Ricardo Barea said to them:
"...Although Luo suffered a serious injury, his speed and explosive power were not as good as before. But he has changed his playing style, handling the ball is simpler and more reasonable, his mentality is calmer, and his skills are actually better..."
He gritted his teeth and ran back, trying to snatch the football back from Luo Kai's feet.
However, he had just taken two steps when he quickly changed direction and changed his goal.
Because Luo Kai had already passed the ball to Xia Xiaoyu who was receiving the penalty kick from outside the arc - the Chinese team counterattacked!
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There was thunderous applause in the stands, all given to Luo Kai by Chinese fans.
He Feng was very excited: "Luo Kai dared to make such a bold move in his own penalty area, which fully shows that he has a good mentality. And he is just a microcosm of all the players in the Chinese team! From him, we can learn more about this game.
imagination!"
Portugal must aim to win this game, so they cannot be very conservative.
With the offensive firepower of the Chinese team, how can it perform against a team that is not conservative?
Anyway, it's definitely impossible to play ugly.
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In front of the Portuguese penalty area, Hu Lai suddenly turned around and ran back to meet Xia Xiaoyu who had the ball.
Portuguese center back Joao Valente followed immediately.
Xia Xiaoyu passed the ball, but Hu Lai did not catch the ball. Instead, he suddenly turned around and let the football roll past him, and then got under the crotch of Valente who was caught off guard!
The football fell to Zhou Zijing's feet!
Hu Lai turned around and asked Zhou Zijing for the ball.
The Portuguese defensive players who originally wanted to attack Zhou Zijing immediately hesitated.
It was this hesitation that gave Zhou Zijing the opportunity to kick. He turned a blind eye to the random gestures and took the shot without hesitation!
Even though he was outside the penalty area, his kick was powerful and very threatening!
With a muffled sound, Portuguese goalkeeper Ze Ferreira fell to the ground and knocked the football back with both fists.
Zhou Zijing didn't care about being upset that his shot failed to score, and immediately turned around and devoted himself to the fight for the landing spot.
Fans from both sides kept screaming and chanting, as if they were making peace with the players on the field.
Inspired by them, players from the two teams started fighting and dueling on every inch of the turf on the court.
Speed against speed, technique against technique, body against body.
Zhou Zijing's furious shot here caused chaos in front of Portugal's penalty area. Soon, Portugal's Luisinho sent a cross, and Ricardo Barea headed the ball slightly high in front of the goal.
The two sides played so openly that people forgot that this was a key game related to who can qualify and who can be first in the group. They thought it was an exhibition game specially designed to please the fans...
It wasn't until the 33rd minute that news came from another stadium.
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"Hold on! Get in front of them!"
Peruvian goalkeeper Lal Salazar stood in front of the goal, pointed at the Icelandic players on the line of the penalty area, and shouted at his teammates.
Players from both sides are tangled together, with each other's hands moving.
The Peruvian players pulled their hands, while the Icelandic players repeatedly shook their hands away.
This is a free kick opportunity for Iceland on the left side of the frontcourt.
This is an excellent scoring opportunity for the Icelandic team, which is good at playing high and hitting long balls.
Peru also knows this very well, so all the players are so nervous as if they are facing a powerful enemy.
The referee has already warned the players on both sides for their respective hand movements.
Now I see that both sides still occasionally make small moves, but they ignore it and blow the whistle directly.
The forward Thor Borgasson, who took the free kick, took a run-up and crossed the ball with his left foot at a 45-degree angle.
The football flew high, drew an arc, and went straight to the penalty kick spot in the Peruvian penalty area.
As he kicked the ball out, the Icelandic players rushed towards the Peruvian goal.
The Peruvian players also followed suit and returned to defense.
Then in the crowd, the 1.98-meter-tall Icelandic center back Bjarke Gudbergsson was like a magnet, surrounded by the largest number of Peruvian players.
With his height, he is indeed the main scoring point in Iceland's offensive set-piece tactics.
But this time he is just a sheep attack!
When he rushed forward and attracted the attention of the Peruvian players, another central defender of the Icelandic team behind him, Daniel Bodson, who was 1.88 meters tall, jumped up and shook his head!
The football was thrown behind the goal by him!
Peruvian goalkeeper Salazar rushed back but failed to catch the ball...
The football flew into the goal and hit the side netting!
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"Damn it! Iceland scored!"
"Damn it! Damn it!"
"I told you that Peru is unreliable. They have already gone home early. How can we expect them to help us hold off Iceland?"
In the stands of Shanhai Stadium, although the game on the field was still exciting, the Portuguese fans were briefly distracted from the game.
Their attention was all attracted by the latest war situation between Iceland and Peru.
Iceland scored and led Peru 1:0. For Portuguese fans, this is completely bad news.
Although the Chinese team and Portugal have not yet decided the winner. In the current standings, Portugal has five points and is still ahead of Iceland, which has four points.
